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The New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. It is also the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world.

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Anemia drug not helpful for kidney disease patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

An international study authored by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has concluded that the anemia drug darbepoetin alfa works no better than a placebo in several other applications previously thought to be promising.


Genetic variant may control lung function and risk of COPD

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have discovered evidence that suggests a genetic variant may be associated with better preserved lung function among children with asthma and adults who smoke, according to a new study funded by the National Heart, ...


Researchers publish review of the 'molecular basis of colorectal cancer'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every year in the United States, 160,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed, and 57,000 patients die of the disease, making it the second leading cause of death from cancer among adults, after lung cancer.


Leprosy susceptibility genes reported

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy and the largest GWAS on an infectious disease, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and 26 institutes in China identified seven genes that increase ...


Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according ...


Drug-resistant swine flu cluster on Vietnam train

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cluster of seven people infected with a Tamiflu-resistant strain of pandemic H1N1 influenza has been identified in Vietnam by a team including Oxford researchers.


'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.


New drug shows promise for those with clotting disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study provides welcome news for patients with a common clotting disorder known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).


FDA-approved drug may slow beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes patients

FDA-approved drug may slow beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings by UT Southwestern researchers suggest that a drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders might also help slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients recently diagnosed with ...


Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...


New study measures HIV anti-retroviral regimens' safety and efficacy

New study measures HIV anti-retroviral regimens' safety and efficacy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine released on World AIDS Day reports that viral failure, the point at which medication can no longer suppress the HIV infection, was twice as likely and happen ...


Could Widely Used Rapid Influenza Tests Pose A Dangerous Public Health Risk?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a Loyola ...


New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked ...


Drug therapy more cost-effective than angioplasty for diabetic patients with heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark ...


Early end to key study on benefits of niacin, a B vitamin, in keeping arteries open was premature

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Heart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center on the benefits of combining extended-release niacin, a B vitamin, ...